made a settlement of Chipping Ongar in 1766 before his marriage to Elizabeth Amelia , daughter of Peter Burrell of Beckenham ( Kent ). 24 He died in 1814 and was succeeded by his son, also named Richard Henry Alexander

been probably merged with North Court (q.v.) after passing to Chaloner Archdeacon and had thus passed to Richard Bennett of Beckenham , his daughter Emelia wife of Sir Edward Swinburne acquiring a portion, while the rest passed with North Court

who died in 1602 in pos session of this manor, called for the first time Stotfold Brayes, leaving a son Beckenham Butler. 26 He in 1610 sold the two manors of Stotfold Brayes and Stotfold Newnham for £5,044 27 to

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Husbands, to commence at their Deaths. It may be worth relating how this Fund began. Dr. Assheton , Rector of Beckenham in Kent , first proposed it to the Mercers, Novemb. 11. 1698 , at a General Court then held.

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County of Kent BeckenhamBECKENHAM. Etymology . This place is supposed to derive its name from the Saxon words bec , a brook, and ham , a dwelling. A small stream, which falls into the Ravensbourn, passes through the parish.

concerning Assurance have Power to call to their Assistance such of the King's Counsel as they think fit. Beckenham apprehended. ORDERED, That Beckenham , being apprehended as a Delinquent, shall be brought to this Bar on Monday Morning next. Sheriffs

Vol. G No. or p. L.C.C. 65 271 R. 65 268 Thos. Baker and two others beg to compound for Beckenham Manor and 22 acres of marsh land in Plumstead, Kent, bought from Eliz. Mansfield, widow, and sequestered for her

1 , lying in the hundred of Bromley and Beckenham, and situated on the road to Tunbridge, at the distance of ten miles from London. The parish is bounded by Beckenham, West Wickham, Hayes, Keston, Farnborough, Orpington, Chislehurst, Lee, Eltham,

1709-10. Biography Style was descended from Sir John Style, a London alderman, who bought the estate of Langley, in Beckenham, at the end of the fifteenth century. About the beginning of the seventeenth century his great-grandfather bought Wateringbury, which Style

Peter Burrell Senior, deceafed ; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for exchanging certain Lands in the Parilhes of Beckenham and Lewifoam, in the County of Kent; and to enable the Petitioners to grant Leafes of certain Lands in

in the Parifhes of Beckenham and Lewifham} &quot; in the County of Kent, Part of the Eftate late of &quot; Hugh Raymond Efquire, deceafed, for other Lands &quot; and Hereditaments, in the faid Parifti of Beckenham,, &quot; belonging to John

in the Parifhes of Beckenham and Lewijbam, &apos;ÃÂ« in the County of Kent, Part of the Eftate late of Hugh &quot; Raymond Efquire, deceafed, for other Lands and He- ÃÂ« reditaments, in the faid Parilh of Beckenham, belong- &quot; ins

whom the Bill, intituled, &quot; An &lt;ÃÂ Aft for exchanging certain Mefluages, Lands, and &quot; Hereditaments, in the Parifhes of Beckenham and &quot; LewiÃÂam, in the County of Kent, Part of the Eftate &quot; late of Hugh Raymond Efquire, deceafed,

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were piled into carts pressed into the service, and were taken away to a large piece of waste ground at Beckenham , where huge pits were hastily dug and the mangled corpses tver e shot in without any ceremony. It

How, then, does the evidence stand in respect of this second charge On the one hand Mr. Rhodes , of Beckenham , a member of the Leaseholds Enfranchisement Association, said, in reference to industrial property, that he would expect great

ground landlord had an unpleasant habit of compelling his lessees to repair. Thus, Mr. Cooper , a builder residing at Beckenham , complained somewhat bitterly of the dictation and interference by freeholders in the matter of repairs and in the

a sinking fund has to be provided in order to replace the lessee ' s capital. Mr. Cooper , the Beckenham builder, said that whereas he had to pay five per cent, for loans on leasehold land, he could borrow

purchase which it proposes to confer upon lessees is to be unlimited in point of time. Mr. Cooper , of Beckenham , gave some remarkable evidence on this head. It appeared that he himself, as a builder, often gave his

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free & pd. paid 18s:6d Quad 2.6 Henry Wheeler made free by Redemption9:0 Thomas Lechford Son of James Lechford of Beckenham in the County of Kent Carpenter bound to Thomas Reynolds having sued out his Indentres was afterwards Assigned to

to Crisp. Robert Green Son of John Green of Beckenham in ye. County of Kent Gardiner bound to John Crisp Citizen & Carpenter for seven Years Consn money tenn Guineas. Bracknall to Hotherbin John Bracknall Son of James Bracknall of

first made an Affidavitt that he had a Right to the Trade Leckford Thomas Leckford son of Thomas Leckford of Beckenham in the County of Kent Carpenter having sued out his Indentures was afterwards assigned to Edward Darvell Citizen and

London Widow made Free by Redemption Westbrook James Westbrook Son of John Westbrook of Beckenham Com Kent Farmer bound to James Westbrook Cit & Carpr . of London and now made Free on the Testimony of his said Master .

of London bound to his sd. Father for seven Years. Westbrook to Coates. James Westbrook Son of John Westbrook of Beckenham in the County of Kent Farmer bound to William Coates Citizen & Carpr . for seven Years Consn money